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candy. >> thanks, jim. before i toss it back to you, anderson, i'm reminded of a quick conversation i had with george bush when he first ran for president in the year 2000. had a reputation of being a really mean guy. and i asked him, and he said i got that reputation when i was defending my dad during his re-election campaign. so much easier to run than to watch someone love run. i think the pressure tonight certainly on these two men who want to be president, but there might be more pressure on first lady michelle obama and, of course, ann romney as they watch their husbands tonight. anderson. >> really interesting. we're hearing from both women tonight. cnn exclusive, brand new interviews with michelle obama and ann romney, opening up about debate preparations and the pressure on their husbands, first, interview with ann romney, her family calls her the mitt stabilizers, gloria borgeer asked her if that is the role she's playing leading up to tonight's debate. >> absolutely. i feel like that's my role fo
candy. >> thanks, jim. before i toss it back to you, anderson, i'm reminded of a quick conversation i had with george bush when he first ran for president in the year 2000. had a reputation of being a really mean guy. and i asked him, and he said i got that reputation when i was defending my dad during his re-election campaign. so much easier to run than to watch someone love run. i think the pressure tonight certainly on these two men who want to be president, but there might be more...
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man who knows quite a lot about mitt romney's debate preparation, his senior advisor, former senator jim tallent. welcome to you. >> good to be with you, piers. >> how is he getting on, the candidate? because this is potentially a make or break debate for mitt romney. >> yeah, it certainly is a big debate and a big debate for the country. well, he's worked hard. the president is a good debater and he's been in this -- on this spotlight before, so you know, governor romney is probably a little bit the underdog but i think he's going to be ready. he's going to be ready on the issues which is really what this election's about. >> there's a massive game at the moment of both sides downplaying expectation. so far, even if mitt romney just makes the stage, you guys could declare a triumph and a glorious victory. it's getting a bit ridiculous. the truth is mitt romney spent most of the first half of this year debating, so he should have the advantage, shouldn't he? >> well, i expect him to do well. i don't think -- what an election's about, what this one's about, piers, we can't go on like this
man who knows quite a lot about mitt romney's debate preparation, his senior advisor, former senator jim tallent. welcome to you. >> good to be with you, piers. >> how is he getting on, the candidate? because this is potentially a make or break debate for mitt romney. >> yeah, it certainly is a big debate and a big debate for the country. well, he's worked hard. the president is a good debater and he's been in this -- on this spotlight before, so you know, governor romney is...
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. >> it came up indirectly when jim lehrer in the republican primaries, raise your hand if you'll take a deal for $1 in tax increases you get $10 in spending cuts and none of the republicans took that deal. the president doesn't want to talk about this before the election because he has to look democrats in the eye if i cut a real deal it will cut some programs. governor romney knows if you still have a democratic senate roughly divided evenly congress the revenue question will be back on the table in some form. senator nunn has been gone from the town for a while and grateful for that. he used to serve in what they dauld world's most deliberative body. not so much any more. >> all of stay here. we got nor discuss. coming up winston churchill said you can always count on americans to do the right thing after they've tried everything else. why is sam nunn confident that this congress can come together and come up with something he just suggested the condition being a soft landing not a hard dangerous landing that could send us into a recession. that's coming up next on your money. (trai
. >> it came up indirectly when jim lehrer in the republican primaries, raise your hand if you'll take a deal for $1 in tax increases you get $10 in spending cuts and none of the republicans took that deal. the president doesn't want to talk about this before the election because he has to look democrats in the eye if i cut a real deal it will cut some programs. governor romney knows if you still have a democratic senate roughly divided evenly congress the revenue question will be back on...
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thanks so much, jim acosta. appreciate that. >>> and don't forget, you want to catch that first presidential debate, denver, colorado, romney versus obama. that's next wednesday, 8:00 p.m. eastern time here on cnn. >>> the fourth day of the united nations general assembly and a side group is taking on arguably the bloodiest and most brutal problem in the world today. syria. the conflict there has reportedly killed more than 30,000 people since march of last year. more than two-thirds were civilians. this is youtube video out of aleppo, the city of aleppo. today, the german foreign minister made a plea before the assembly. >> translator: such suffering is speechless. but it also impells us to act. to this very day the security council has failed to live up to its responsibility for people in syria. >> germany is part of a special u.n. meeting at this hour. known as the friends of syria. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is also there with about 20 other world leaders. >>> let's turn to cnn's senior united n
thanks so much, jim acosta. appreciate that. >>> and don't forget, you want to catch that first presidential debate, denver, colorado, romney versus obama. that's next wednesday, 8:00 p.m. eastern time here on cnn. >>> the fourth day of the united nations general assembly and a side group is taking on arguably the bloodiest and most brutal problem in the world today. syria. the conflict there has reportedly killed more than 30,000 people since march of last year. more than...
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>> jim acosta for us in virginia. jim, thank you. >>> also, we have some quick reaction from the heartland to the new jobs picture today. iowa, iowa is one of the swing states that could go either way in the election. so we have been talking to voters in des moines, and, shannon, what are they telling you? >> brooke, you know that iowa voters know their issues, they know their politics. you better believe they're fully aware of the jobs numbers. i was out talking with the -- as you mentioned. take a look at the reaction. >> it is encouraging, but i don't know that it is where it is going to stay, i feel like it might go back up. >> if the numbers are accurate, that's always a positive thing. i don't know how you can spin it negatively, but i'm sure someone will. >> i think any improvement in the job numbers is obviously good. and i'm glad it is happening and i'm glad it is happening before the election. >> i think there is still a long way to go in the economy, some commendable things the president has done. i think o
>> jim acosta for us in virginia. jim, thank you. >>> also, we have some quick reaction from the heartland to the new jobs picture today. iowa, iowa is one of the swing states that could go either way in the election. so we have been talking to voters in des moines, and, shannon, what are they telling you? >> brooke, you know that iowa voters know their issues, they know their politics. you better believe they're fully aware of the jobs numbers. i was out talking with the...
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>> you know, the interesting thing to me is that everybody was talking about jim when it was over, and i paid no attention to him simply because i'm sitting there writing down where i saw holes in their arguments thinking, oh, this would be good, oh, this would be a good follow-up, oh, what happened here? that kind of thing. i wasn't as sort of tuned in. i was in the debate hall, so that's, as you know, kind of a wholly different thing. what i take from it is that they certainly are both going to take whatever time they feel they can get to put their views out. i get it. this is an important debate. i think there are times when the time structures drive people crazy. you know, it's kind of what they agreed on. you know, obviously at some point you need to take control, but i don't think you take control because you can or you should, but i think you take control because you want the conversation to move and not kind of be stuck on it. >> all right. well, we know you will take control. you will handle both of them very well. candy, good to see you, as always. >> good to see you, suzanne
>> you know, the interesting thing to me is that everybody was talking about jim when it was over, and i paid no attention to him simply because i'm sitting there writing down where i saw holes in their arguments thinking, oh, this would be good, oh, this would be a good follow-up, oh, what happened here? that kind of thing. i wasn't as sort of tuned in. i was in the debate hall, so that's, as you know, kind of a wholly different thing. what i take from it is that they certainly are both...
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jim clancy, cnn. >>> the u.s. navy's newest warship won't be named after a historic figure or president, but one of the navy's own. take a look here. this is a live picture out of new york of the uss michael murphy. the ship is being commissioned and honors murphy, a navy seal lieutenant. murphy was killed during a reconnaissance mission in 2005 in afghanistan. he was leading a four-man team on a mission to find a key taliban leader when murphy's team came under fire. murphy was the first american awarded the medal of honor posthumously for the afghanistan war. >>> venezuelan gos to the polls tomorrow one month ahead of the u.s. venezuela will elect its president. 58-year-old hugo chavez is hoping subsidies will help his re-election bid. it's only $2 to fill up your tank there. in an effort to woo young voters, he's taken on a rapper's persona during rallies. his 40-year-old opponent also is advancing social programs, but he says he'll also make government more efficient and repair venezuelas infrastructure. >>> a
jim clancy, cnn. >>> the u.s. navy's newest warship won't be named after a historic figure or president, but one of the navy's own. take a look here. this is a live picture out of new york of the uss michael murphy. the ship is being commissioned and honors murphy, a navy seal lieutenant. murphy was killed during a reconnaissance mission in 2005 in afghanistan. he was leading a four-man team on a mission to find a key taliban leader when murphy's team came under fire. murphy was the...
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jim messina, the obama campaign manager sent out an e-mail touting the numbers. it reassures the base, saying forget about the debate. the people are with us and we have the money to carry the campaign forward. >> sometimes timing is everything. how crucial is this boon in cash collections with just a month to go before election day? >> it's tremendous. again, the debate was one thing, but the campaign is being waged in a series of battleground states on television airwaves, in mailboxes. really trying to reach voters. the romney campaign has said they have been saving up a bunch of money for this last sort of stretch. this money also shows that the obama campaign really can count on small donors and online fund-raising and raising money from text messages. they had started doing that this year, too, in a way that the romney campaign cannot. republicans have criticized romney for spending a lot of time in high-dollar fund-raisers, taking time away from the campaign trail, but he has to do that because he doesn't have the connections with the grassroots that barac
jim messina, the obama campaign manager sent out an e-mail touting the numbers. it reassures the base, saying forget about the debate. the people are with us and we have the money to carry the campaign forward. >> sometimes timing is everything. how crucial is this boon in cash collections with just a month to go before election day? >> it's tremendous. again, the debate was one thing, but the campaign is being waged in a series of battleground states on television airwaves, in...